British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe. Hopkins performance as Dickens saw him nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1971.

Anthony Hopkins
Charles Dickens

Gordon Jackson
The Narrator (voice)

Arthur Lowe
John Dickens

Vivian Pickles
Mrs. Dickens

Sybil Thorndike
Elizabeth Ball Dickens

Nora Nicholson
Rosa Emma Drummond

Stanley Holloway
Mr. Vuffin

Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Jarley

Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Gamp

Freddie Jones
William Shaw

Patrick Cargill
Macready

Joan Greenwood
Maria Beadnell

Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Ternan

Michael Wilding
Dolby

Jenny Agutter
Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan